Puzzle.



A. ROSEDALE.

PUZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, 1912.

1,044,250. I Pat ehted Now-12,1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH ROSEDALE, OF ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM MOLARD, OF ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA.

PUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 12, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLrH ROSEDALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alexandria, in the parish of Rapides and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzzles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to puzzles and it consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully set forth in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention, among others, is to provide an entertaining novelty, which will be very puzzling to attain the solution thereof.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple, though reliably efficient device, which will be found complete within itself and which will prove an entertainment to all and will be extremely puzzling, as stated, to remove the suspended hat or other article from the cord carrying the same.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention complete ready for use, and, Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view showing the manner of operating the same in attaining the solution of the puzzle.

In order to conveniently refer to the details of construction and cooperating parts, numerals will be employed and referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates a spring member of suitable material, to which is attached in any preferred way the standards or normally upright portions 2, or the spring and standards may be formed from a single piece of spring material and extending across from the upper ends of the said uprights, is the cord or member 3 of suitable material, anchored and secured in any desired manner. The length of the cord 3 is so determined relative to the spring member 1 that it will be normally held taut or completely extended and mounted upon said cord is the U-shaped member 4, to each lower end of which is permanently secured in any preferred manner, any desired object. In the drawing I have shown a pair of hats indicated by the numeral 5 secured to the endsof the member 4:, it being understood that the pair of hats thus secured are disposed in close contact with each other, but may be sprung apart sufiiciently to permit the passage of the cord 3, as will be hereinafter indicated as necessary in the solution of the puzzle. The lower ends of the member 4: are attached to their respective hats and they are extended through the central opening. provided in the collar member 6, which normally lies intermediate the cord and said hats. I prefer to ornament the hats "with a pair of crossed swords and the initials T. R, though any preferred device may be employed, as will be obvious.

The solution of the puzzle may be stated as follows: When the several members are disposed in their operative positions, as indicated in Fig. 1, the solution of the puzzle may be readily accomplished by overcoming the tension of the spring 1 sutficiently to bring the free ends of the posts or members 2 adjacent to each other, as indicated in Fig. 2, which will produce a sufiicient slack upon the cord 3 to enable the middle portion thereof to be drawn downward between the hats and thence moved laterally over one of the hats, when the said loop may be drawn upwardly through the loosely fitting aperture in the collar member 6, as by releasing the tension of the spring member 1 and thereby permitting the removal of the pair of hats carried by the U-shaped member 4:- In like manner the reassembling of the several parts to correspond to the showing made in Fig. 1, may be quickly accomplished by producing a suflicient slack in the middle portion of the cord member 3 and entering the said slacked portion of the cord downward through the opening in the collar member 6 and causing the said loop or slack portion to pass upward between the hats and thence into the upper portion of the U-shaped member 1, as clearly set forth in Fig. 1.

It will be understood that the springmemher 1 and the osts or extensions 2 may be all integrally ormed of the same piece of material, as for instance the outer ends of the spring member may be bent at right angles thereto so that they will be of suflicient length to correspond to said post members when the cord may be attached to their free ends in any desired manner.

I Wish to comprehend in this application all possible variations and substantial equivalents as'may be regarded as falling fairly Within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the construction and manner of operating my puzzle, further description is deemed unnecessary.

WVhat I claim as new is: a

1. The herein described puzzle comprising a cord, means to normally maintain said cord taut, a U-shaped member fitting over said cord, an enlarged object at each end of said U-shaped member, a collar member surrounding the ends of said member between the cord and said objects.

2. The herein described puzzle comprising a spring member having extensions, a cord connecting said extensions and adapted. to be slackened at will so as to form a loop, a U-shaped member fitting over said cord and having each end attached to an object, a collar member interposed between the cord and said objects, whereby when the cord is slackened, the loop thereof may be drawn downwardly through the collar and so as to provide a clearance between the loop and the contiguous objects.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH RO SEDALE. Witnesses S. IV. Frrz GERALD, C. E. FETZER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G." 

